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CVE-2026-24018

📛 CVE Title

CVE-2026-24018

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Description

A UNIX symbolic link (Symlink) following vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientLinux 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, FortiClientLinux 7.2.2 through 7.2.12 may allow a local and unprivileged user to escalate their privileges to root.

Overview

State
PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA)
fortinet
CVSS severity
HIGH
CVSS score
CVSS 7.4 / 10 7.4 7.4 / 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
Effective score
7.4 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s)
CWE-61
Reserved
2026-01-20
Published
2026-03-10 16:44 UTC
Last updated
2026-03-11 13:08 UTC
Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/24xxx/CVE-2026-24018.json
Linked Threat
CVE-2026-24018 — CVE-2026-24018

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published
2026-03-10 18:18:17 UTC
NVD last modified
2026-03-13 19:04:40 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1
CVSS 7.8 / 10 7.8 7.8 / 10 HIGH source: psirt@fortinet.com
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability subscore
1.8 / 10
Impact subscore
5.9 / 10
EPSS score
0.0002 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile
6.07% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-24

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European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID
EUVD-2026-10521
Assigner
fortinet
Published
Mar 10, 2026, 4:44:14 PM
Updated
Mar 11, 2026, 1:08:18 PM
EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1)
7.4 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
EUVD-reported EPSS
0.0200
Vendors
Fortinet
Products
FortiClientLinux (7.4.0 ≤7.4.4)
FortiClientLinux (7.2.2 ≤7.2.12)
Aliases
GHSA-g7vg-vfvv-mr49

ENISA description: A UNIX symbolic link (Symlink) following vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientLinux 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, FortiClientLinux 7.2.2 through 7.2.12 may allow a local and unprivileged user to escalate their privileges to root.

EUVD references (1)

Affected products (1)
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Fortinet FortiClientLinux 7.4.0 (affected), 7.2.2 (affected) —

Affected products — CPE 2.3 (1) NVD

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  • cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

Vendor references (1)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

MITRE references (1) cveawg.mitre.org

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Web references (7)

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NVD-tagged references (1)

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Remediations (10)

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-24018.json.

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